"I just d-don't want more people to get h-hurt," she answers, voice cracking just a little with pain. There aren't tears in her eyes yet, but there's is a look of overwhelmed ache in them.

"It's... it's so bad already, Ed, having to--"

Having to experience it, yes. But more than that, having to watch-- having to see people she'd come to care for suffer and feel so entirely able to do anything to fix it.